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the HERALD The question remains the same on schools Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Street Georgetown L7G Ontario Publisher and General Manager Phone 877 Page SFCTIONA THE HERALD Wednesday August 1WW Unfair judgement It seems holding the prestigious position of provincial court judge today isn ell it s cracked up to be As if being saddled with the burden of ensuring justice for all isn t enough to bear provincial court judges ore now being accused of dogging it The AttorneyGeneral office has placed much of the blame for a backed up caseload in the courts on judges saying they t working to peak efficiency But provincial court judges are merely a small part of the system that has broken down For the last several years the courts have been bending over backwards to make sure those who face charges are afforded their Constitutional rights Court cases can drag on for months and in some instances years Since the drinking and driving laws got tougher people have been buying time to try and find any technicality that might save them from going an entire year without a driver s licence There s a certain absurdity in a person going before the court accused of impaired driving and telling the judge he intends to plead guilty but would like a few months to get his affairs in order But it happens and the precious commodity of court time is wasted yet again Blaming provincial court judges for the back up in caseloads is senseless The problem lies the system as a whole As long as people continue to find quirks in the Constitution that can get them off the hook the judicial procedures will continue at a slow rate But at some point the powers that be will have to take a long hard look at the picture and find ways of expediting matters in the courts The implementation of the Constitution has been a learn process for all those involved in the legal system And all must assume some responsibility for the current state of affairs Thanks big buddy Another summer is fast coming to an end and many peo ple have the people employed with the Halton Hills Recreation and Parks Department to thank for making it a more enjoyable one The young men and ladies who served as program super visors and counsellors over the course of the summer did an excellent job once again of entertaining children through the many programs that were offered by the department Anyone who has visited the playgrounds to see these pro grams in operation knows that for the people who were running them this was much more than just a summer job As someone for the younger children to look up to they ve served as role model confidant and big buddy Many of the program supervisors have spent several summers working with the department which tells you something about how much they enjoy the work There much more to being a summer program super visor than simply enjoying the outdoors while others are cooped up inside Working in this capacity means being able to handle a great deal of pressure and being able to cater to the varied needs of the children they are in charge of Its not everyone who can handle this kind of responsibility either Children can be very impressionable and it s imperative that they have the right people to look up to through the summer months when they are away from the tion of school The summer workers with the Parks and Recreation Department can be pleased with what they have this past summer And many parents can be thankful these opportunities are open for their children The King is dead impression Elvis is still alive somewhere on the planet Some feel he simply dropped out and may even be walking among us today without anyone realizing Others think ho was kidnapped by aliens and once they finished cut ting all the CDs they can handle they I release him And still others think he working for the govern ment on a secret assignment But I have my own theory he Hang onto his music ang onto his movies well some of them and hang onto his memory Visit his home and the place where he a buried If you want but face facts I can think of anyone thai gets this kind of attention posthumously Now there even an all Elvis radio station down south It gone think And I can stand to think of what the anniversary of Elvis death will be like There weird in all this I think Its time to let sleeping lie When you cut through all the rhetoric side issues you get to a fundamental qucstlonabout schools What are they for In ways the leglslallVL committee examining tht goals and philosophy of education touched on that query over the past few weeks Unfortunately there a no But it Is clear what the two general viewpoints in dispute arc And frankly they haven changed much since 1 was In school 20odd ago One side views education as a means to measurable ends can Johnny spell Docs he know how to add Does ihe name Mackenzie King draw a blank look from him The aim is to produce graduate self conn dent in basic skills who will be a useful working citizen of the country The other attitude sees education as personal development where what Is learned Is less Important than the process of learning A skill such as skiing might have would have more impact on what is sometimes known as human growth At the same time group believes children are blank slates and It is Important certain social at Editors notebook l haven admitted this too often but I always been an Elvis Presley fan Not of the die hard variety mind you Bui I grew up when Elvis was making a movie every two weeks I be at the local theatre every Saturday afternoon to watch whatever was turned out on that par titular week And quite frankly I en Joyed it Come to think of it I was probably one of the first Elvis impersonators I sing a bar but I had loop in hair and the turned up up per lip down pat Back then there was no need for anyone to senate Ihe King because the ge nuine article was very visible It until later after he dropped out of sight after his death that all these guys started making their living trying to BE Elvis But while 1 1 admit to being an Elvis fan as a pre- 10yearold you down to and visit shrine of the King Last week on the 11th anniversary of Elvis death I was reminded of how obsessed some people can get And I also remembered how ridiculous it was on the 10th of his death TV crews must have a field day at Graceland Just look for some sap crying into a satin scarf and then run over and ask them what they re feeling Some people area content being left with the memory There teem to be more and more people under the Write us Want to share your reeling on subject with community The Herald IcUers to the editor on any topic and from anyone who has the urge to write We only ask the letters be signed with name address and phone number In case we must call heck some detail Welti not print unsigned letters nor will we use pseudonyms Now all that left for you to do pick up pen Address your mall to Letter to the Editor Guelph Street Georgetown On tario Queens Park Derek Nelson Thomson Him tiludes be formally imprinted on their Impress minds at that require course time and teacher effort that once would have been available for the more mun subjects such as English gram mar history Hank I lull Ink executive director of the Christian Teachers Assoc in tion made a valid point while being lectured by New Democrat David Cooke about his school system societal accountability in regards to AIDS education arc nil going to have to agree sooner or later that the public school as we know cannot be a surrogate father or mother and take care of any and all needs and Ills in society Wc arc Just going to run out of time he suggested This was a reference to the hours of dally instruction today that many Feci is actually loaded down with material such as AIDS educa tion or skiing Instruction that has little to do with traditional schooling Once we get AIDS education straightened out there will be something else society will want the school to undertake Hull Ink Rested Thunder Bay trustee Evelyn Dodds made similar observations In her to the com mitt ee Modern teaching does not place the highest priority on knowledge but rather emphasizes social development and personality traits attitude does not place highest importance on work curacy literacy and skill There is even an alarming tendency to Judge the effectiveness of methods by how well the children enjoyed them Too many teachers believe that simply by doing something anything the children are learning all they are capable of learning Too many people believe that the purpose of education Is to shape per and restructure society towards their personal vision of perfection This notion is fostered by the description of behavior present on every report card in the social engineering experiments that are routinely carried out in the Citizens forum United public voice needed Dear Sir Over the past year I have become concerned about the issues surrounding the proposed garbage dump in the Acton Quarry The 1 trucks on the road each day will increase my commuting time A scenic rural setting w 11 become irreparably altered A fishing stream could become polluted And the source of most of Hills water could possibly become contaminated Speaking of water although I tun no expert I do understand that water runs down hill Lying down hill or this site are the communities of and Georgetown Yet outside of the people of and Acton there seems to be very little concern about this potential crisis situation Last nights Wednesday group meeting held at the Gordon Arena was evidence of this apparent lack of concern The pur pose of holding some of these meetings In Georgetown was to about a greater public awareness of the Issues All it sue In doing was forcing people to drive a little farther Surely the people of Georgetown are concerned about the future of their community A united public vo cc can have a say In these mat ters Our children depend on us to make the right decisions now I Let us hope that there will be larger for the next meeting on topic of hydrology water Wednes day Aug C Burnley Expresses gratitude Dear Sir over our goal The Region Lung Assoc a The support or our local media is lion would Ilka to express Its essential to the success of any of our gratitude to The Hilts Herald programs and ore delighted with for advertising The Family your ongoing cooperation Asthma public service releases Yours truly over the past months Elisabeth Margnau Wc were successful In receiving The Lung Association nearly as a result of this cam Region classroom such as the feminist pro paganda plays the sex education the let discuss how you get along with your parents sessions and put on all children to to group expectations even if they would rather solitary in their pursuits she wrote Her comments reminded me of a column by a colleague here that raised how on elementary school ad dealt with the emotional trauma the death of one of the students by holding meetings writing letters visiting the parents of the dead youth and so on That what school should be all about be wrote Yeah But can they spell 30 years ago Thomas J will com mence his duties Tuesday as the first principal of the new Holy Cross Separate School A graduate of Teachers Training College he holds a first class certificate and an Ontario Public School men teachers federation principal certificate You might get a smell from your hot water but there no taste said Town Engineer Can Questioned at a recent council meeting by Mayor Armstrong a strong critic of the local water supp ly since chlorine tion was Introduced Mr Carr rebutted by saying that the water s chlorine content was drop ped to one part chlorine for a million porta water following recent com plaints The Swanek subdivision Is one step closer to building storm sewers following a council decision Monday night Clerk CG explained that storm sewers for Guelph Street and John Street are consolidated Into one bylaw as ad vised by the OMIC lending commis sion which issues debentures Now that money is available Ian Cass a representative from the Valley Hill Ratepayers Association said necessary road improvements In the Swanek subdivision were held up because of the lack of storm sewers Mr Cass is now calling for mediate action on Ihe sewer installa tion 15 years ago The Georgetown Falcons playing their best game of the season defeated a much higher placed Willowdale Park in senior soccer In Toronto Friday The victory ed the Falcons up two places In the league standings Magneson Insurance lost to the Cable Jets Aug by a score of Home runs came from Cathy Suzie Theresa Callaahan and Stark Youngs beat the Blue Giants 2013 with homers from Carol Russell 1 Donna Peacock and Giant Linda George After a four year to build a motel and apartment complex at the eastern end of town Al cleared the lost hurdle Monday night when council gave their final ap proval to the signing of a site plan agreement the of the land The sevenstorey apartment building and the motel containing a restaurant and cocktail lounge will be built on an acre site almost opposite Boulevard on Street years ago Town council voted Monday night to reject a decision to form a LACAC Local Architectural Control Advisory Commlllee in Hills Local historian John MecDonatd outlined a LACAC proposal on behalf of the Historical Society Coun Peter Morris Pat Pal and committee chairman Miller disagreed with the municipality expropriating so meone home because It is con sidered historically or architectural ly valuable A dilapidated concrete bridge on Regional Road 15 west of Trafalgar Road will be replaced with a new 180 structure if a recommends tion by the regional public works committee is endorsed by regional council resident Jack expressed concern that a new bridge might attract gravel truck traffic from nearby quarries A Toronlo film production com pony has asked Hills town council for permission to close several streets for the filming of a feature length film The movie will be culled Running and will star Michael Douglas and Susan Keith Large location manager for the film appeared at a Halton Hills works committee meeting Monday ask council to close several downtown streets Sept for Vistas shooting of scenes from Ihe movie 5 years ago If a proposal for IB estate homes at the southeast corner of Highway and Fifth Line goes through a near by fanner says he s willing to buy most of the property top class agricultural land saving it from development Frank Anthony who lives south of the 100- acre property owned by Almond Developments Ltd already rents about 15 acres per year to raise hay and other forage crops on the property Testi tying before an Ontario Municipal Board hearing reviewing an applies to build Targe estatetype names at the site Mr Anthony commented too many rocks but Ihe existing barn is loo dilapidated to be use If price is right Mr An thony said he will buy a acre slice of the property contain ing be says SO to per cent of the prime farmland I